For Bookings Contact – Jack Bluni
17204 SW 79 Ct. Palmetto Bay, Florida 33157
Tel. 305-992-5412 Fax 305-256-0723
Email: blunij@gmail.com web: www.bigcityband.com
Big City Band & Roach Thompson is currently seeking new venues. We have been a major
part of the local and national music scene and are worthy of your entertainment considerations.
Combining the best of the original Big City Band and the Roach Thompson Blues Band has
created an “all star” band to be reckoned with!
The history of this band spans the past 26 years! Hailing from South Florida, we attract a loyal
following wherever we play. Our reputation of being a tight, infectiously “fun” band, precedes
us. Always dressing the part, this is not a jeans and t-shirt band. Our repertoire includes
originals and the music of such artists as B.B. King, Otis Redding, Al Green, Tyrone Davis,
Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, etc. Our musical style is a danceable mix of rhythm and blues,
soul, blues and Motown. The band offers a variety of vocalists and soloists presented as a true
“show band.” Dancing, applause and audience participation are natural responses to the Big
City Band & Roach Thompson! One local writer penned, “They are such characters, they
should have their own Saturday morning cartoon!”
We have been honored with a number of awards. In 1991 and 1992 we were given the Jammy
Award for Best Blues Band in Florida. In 1991 the South Florida Blues Society chose us as Best
Blues Band. In 1991 the National Blues Foundation awarded us with Best Blues Band in a
National blues competition. We then received the coveted B.B. King Lucille Award at the W.C.
Handy Awards for Best Unsigned Blues Band in the United States. This award was presented to
us by Little Milton and Willie Nelson at the W.C. Handy Awards in Memphis, Tenn.
Festivals Played: Memphis Blues Fest., Riverwalk Blues Fest., Taste of the Grove, Goombay
Fest., Kizomba Fest., Miami River Blues Fest., Martin Luther King’s Birthday Parade,
Hollywood Rock Rhythm and Blues Fest., Art in the Park, Coconut Grove Arts Fest.,
Hollywood Sun and Fun Fest., Hollywood Jazz Fest., South Beach Art Deco Fest., Midfin
Festival (Denmark), etc.
Performers Opened For/Played With: Lloyd Price, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, James
Cotton, Little Milton, Little Richard, Benny Latimore, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, Bobby “Blue”
Bland, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Johnny Winter, John Mayall, The Kinsey Report, Sam
and Dave, Jimmy Page, Mick Taylor, Jr. Wells, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, B.B. King, Muddy
Waters, James Brown, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Diana Ross, Jimi Hendrix and many more.
Roach Thompson was born Warren Jefferson Thompson, Jr on November 27, 1944 in
Brunswick, Georgia. He grew up playing the blues on old-time guitars, some of which were
homemade. By age 17 he left home and during his travels refined his craft. Roach worked with
a group called The Kinfolk along with Freddie Scott, when he first began cutting records. He
gained additional experience along with Freddie in the recording studio with a group called The
Notorious Miami Band. It was with Notorious Miami that the song Kill That Roach was penned
and recorded, permanently giving the nickname Roach to its author.
Individual members have extensively toured Europe and the Scandinavian countries. There
have been CD releases and radio/TV performances in the USA and overseas.
Corporate Clients: Lucent Technology, Ford, Pfizer, Burdines, Cisco Systems, Squibb, Jaguar,
TeleStrategies, MetaSolve, Cushman Wakefield, Revlon, Campbell Soup, Hello Florida, etc.
Members: Jumpin’ Jack Bluni
Tom Logan (Iceman)
Freddie Scott
Thomas (Mr. T)
Roach Thompson
Harmonica/Vocals
Bass Guitar
Drums
Vocals/Guitar
Guitar/Vocals
Song Links
Video Links
www.bigcityband.com/TurningPoint.mp3
www.bigcityband.com/Soulman.mp3
www.bigcityband.com/Classy Chassy.mp3
www.bigcityband.com/EveryDay.mp3
www.bigcityband.com/I Dont Care.mp3
www.bigcityband.com/Georgia.mp3
www.bigcityband.com/BIGCITYBLUESBANDVIDEO.flv
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVWWfCr1M-M